The Car Was The One

D C Em G 4x D C In summer '63 I was staying alive Em D hanging at the races, hoping to drive D C When they were done with the weekend and loading the cars Em G D I couldn't get a pass so I went to the bar D C I'm up in the corner nursing a beer Em D who should come laughing and joking in here D C but Bobby Brown, the winner of the sports car race Em G D with some friends and a girl, man, she lit up the place G A D Bobby was a wild boy - one summer G A D he knocked down a motel wall with a hammer G A D He'd do anything - one night for a bet G A D A he raced through the cornfields in a Corvette Em G D C Em G D D C I thought it's got to be a thrill to be like that Em D with the beautiful girl and be king of the track D C But the truth is when all was said and done Em G D C it was his Cobra I wanted - the car was the one Em G D C Em G It was his Cobra I wanted - the car was the one D C Em G The car was the one D C Em G The car was the one D C Em G 2x D